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From Policy to Practice: Lessons from Karnataka about Implementation of Tobacco Control Laws

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use accounts for eight to nine lakh adult deaths annually in India. India enacted a national legislation “Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003” (COTPA) to protect health of non-smokers and reduce tobacco consumption. However, even a decade after enacting this law, its...

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Autores principales: Hebbar, Pragati B, Bhojani, Upendra, Kennedy, John, Rao, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553022
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.205212